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Ratnakar Sandpatla

2×2 · top 40.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2012 · 2012SAND06

Ratnakar Sandpatla has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.09, set at Mumbai Summer Open 2014, puts him in the top 40.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,770th in India. Across 14 competitions since October 2012, he has put 129 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:30.09 in October 2012 to 25.79, a 71% improvement. Ratnakar has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 40.5% of 186,767 all-time
5.09
signature single · Mumbai Summer Open 2014
129
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×25.098.21
top 40.5%3,770 / 12,146
3×325.7927.56
top 54.3%8,288 / 20,018
3×3 blindfolded8:18.26
early days — 1 solve567 / 598
4×43:13.77
top 97.4%3,929 / 4,186
3×3 one-handed1:53.35
early days — 2 solves4,317 / 4,516

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

DJ SpeedCubing Open 2012: 1:30.09Techfest Cube Mania 2013: 1:00.67Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2013: 46.35Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2013: 40.66DJ Open 2013: 35.73Bombay Open 2013: 32.25Techfest Cube Mania 2014: 34.70Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2014: 33.38Thakur Rubik's Cube Championship 2014: 28.54Mumbai Summer Open 2014: 26.95Indian Nationals 2014: 31.78National TPoly Rubik's Cube Open 2014: 25.79DJ Open 2014: 25.88Indian Nationals 2018: 29.7325.791:30.0913 Oct 201225 May 2018

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 0.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.